Machine for cutting cardboard.



No. 042,290. Patented lan. 30, |900. J. M. BLACK.

MACHINE FOB CUTTING CRDBUARD.

(Application filed July 21, 1899.) (No Model.) 4 Sheets--Sheet I.

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mM. BLAcK. MACHINE FOR CUTTING CAHDBUARD.

(Application led July 21, 1899.)

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MACHINE FOR CUTTING CABDBDARD.

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MACHINE FUR CUTTING CARDBUARD.

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Mimi55@ Nrirr; STATES JOIIN MELTON BLACK, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

MACHINE IFOR CUTTING CARDIBOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 642,290, dated January 30, 1900.

Application led July 2l, 1899. Serial No. 724,645. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN MELTON BLACK, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at London, England, have invented new and useful Improvements in Rotary Machines for Cutting Cardboard and the Like, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to rotary machines for cutting cardboard into tickets and to that class of such machine wherein strips of cardboard (previously cut to the Width of the tickets to be made) are divided into lengths, the object of my invention being to provide improved means for collecting the cut pieces, so that when the latter are printed and numbered they shall be in consecutive order.

In carrying out my invention I combine with a machine having upper and lower sets of rotary shears arranged in the usual manner a hopper, in which the strips of cardboard to be cut are placed so as to lie parallel with the shafts and the shears and within a few inches of the same, the said hopper being made of the length of the strips of cardboard to be separated and of any convenient height. In conjunction with this hopper I arrange a plunger designed to push out the lowermost strip from the hopper and move it toward the shears. In connection with the shears I arrange guides for receiving the cut pieces as they emerge from thel shears and carrying the alternate pieces at different levels, the said guides having arranged in connection with them a gathering device for pushing the tickets toward and into a collecting or receiving box and arms or plungers for pushing the tickets downward into the said box. Means are also provided for moving the collecting-box as it gradually fills with tickets.

To enable my invention to be fully understood, I will'describe the same by reference to the accompanying drawings, in whichm Figure l is a side elevation of my improved machine, and Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan view of a part of the said machine, drawn to a larger scale than Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation of some of the parts shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5 5 of Fig. a. Fig. 6 is a section on the line 6 6, Fig. 5, drawn to a larger scale. Fig. 7 is a view of a detail.

a is the frame of the machine, and b h are the shafts, carrying the rotary cutting-disks c c', respectively, the said cutting-disks being arranged back to back in pairs in such a manner that the cutting edges of the disks on the lower shaft enter between and work in contact with the cutting edges of the disks upon the upper shaft in a well-known manner, and the pairs of disks upon each shaft being arranged at a distance apart corresponding wit-h the lengt-h of the tickets to be cut.

In Figs. l and 2 the shaft b is represented K as the driving-shaft and is provided with fast and loose pulleys d d in the ordinary lnanner. The motion of this shaft is communicated to the shaft b through the gear-wheels e c.

f is a table on the feed side of the machine, and g is the hopper, which is iixed upon the said table and in which the strips of cardboard to be divided are placed in proper or der, a weight g being placed upon the said strips in order to keep them perfectly fiat and to maintain the lowermost strip in close contact with the top of the table f.

71, h' are slits which are formed along the base of the hopper at the front and back of the same, the said slits being of a width only slightly greater than the thickness of the cardboard of the tickets, so as to allow of only one strip at a time being pushed out of the bottom of the hopper. I may, if desired, provide means for adjusting the position of the hopper relatively to the table f, so as to permit of varying the depth of the slits to suit cardboard of different thicknesses.

vl is a sliding plate or plunger of the same length as the strips, but slightly less in thickness, the said plunger being adapted to be reciprocated upon the table f, so that on each forward reciprocation it shall enter the bottom of the hopper through the slit 'L and force out the lowermost strip from the hopper through the slit h toward the shears. This plunger c' is operated from each end through the medium of an oscillating lever j, the said lever being mounted upon a cross-shaftjo, carried in the side frames of the machine, one end of which lever j is bifurcated and engages with a pin j upon the plunger,while the other end is connected by a rod j2 to a crank-pinjg on a gear-wheel j4, mounted on an axle or stud IOO v as indicated in Fig. 5. The to-and-fro moveupon the framing and engaging, as shown, with the gear-wheel e on the shaft b.

In practice the movement imparted to the plunger. i is 'slightly greater than the width l of tickets, so that the lowermost strip in the said hopper will be moved quite out of the same and toward the shears. As the plunger is withdrawn backward from beneath the column of strips in the hopper the latter drops, so that at the next advance movement of the plunger the said lowermost strip will be pushedout from the hopper and come in contact with the strip previously pushed out, thereby pressing the iirst strip forward a distance corresponding to the travel of the plunger, and so on. The strips as they pass from the ,hopper are held down by guides 7c. As the cutting edges of the pair of shears on one shaft enter between the cutting edges of the pairs of shears on the other shaft, it will be obvious that as the tickets are severed adjacent ticketswill lie in different'planes, as will be clearly understood by reference to Fig. 4, and I have found by experiment that by keeping the tickets at these varying levels they can be pushed forward without becoming disarranged by contact with each other, which is practically impossible if all the tickets are pushed forward upon a flat table. In order tov retain the tickets in these different planes, I arrange in conjunction with each pair of shears a guide Z, in which the same move as they are moved forward. This forward movement of the tickets to deliver them into the collecting-box is effected by means of a gatherer in connection with each pair of shears, which gatherer engages with the severed tickets and draws them forward the required distance. rPhe several gatherers are in theform of hooks m, mounted ou a bar n, extending across the machine and carried in bearings o,

the said bearings sliding in guides 19 Fig, 4,

to permit of the bar n being caused to traverse to and fro relatively with the shears in order that after the gatherers have drawn a row of tickets into the collecting-box they may move back to engage with another row of tickets, and so on.

weights q', the normal tendency of which weights is to hold the bar n in such a position that the hooks will project behind the tickets,

ment of the bar nis effected through the medium of sliding bars r r, arranged on each side of the machine and receiving their motion` from the shaft jo through the levers s, connecting-rods t, and double-armed levers u, one end of each of which is bifurcated (see Fig. 5) to engage with a pin u on the bar r.

In order that the gatherers m fm may be moved below the level of the tickets when being moved back (after having pushed-a row of tickets forward) to engage with another row of tickets, I provide the bars r 1" with inclined undercut surfaces 'u c, which enter loops or sti rrfups o', fixed to the shaft 'n in such a manner that when the bars fr r' arereciprocated forward the said inclined planes c c by acting upon the said loops will move the same downward, as indicated in Fig. 5. When under the return motion of the rods r r the inclined surface 'u moves away from the end of the loop, the counterweights q q cause the shaft to rotate sufficiently to project the ends of the hooks m above the level of the tickets, the continued backward movement of the bars r r causing them to impinge against the shaft 'n and push it backward in the. guides p p, together with the row of tickets engagedby the gatherers. On the forward motion of the bars r r the inclined surfaces t* again act upon the stirrups to depress the hooks and then draw the shaft or bar n forward, so that the gatherers may engage with another row of tickets.

w isa collecting-box into which the tickets are delivered, the saidcollecting-box having at the bottom inclined surfaces w w, upon which the tickets severed by the several pairs of cutters are respectively delivered, the object of making the said surfaces inclined being to prevent the tickets from binding at the ends, as would be the case if they were delivered into the box horizontally, the diagonal arrangement of the tickets giving the necessary free space. To insure the tickets falling in this inclined position as they are delivered through the guides ZZ, shoulders to2 w2 are formed on thin partitions w3, extending into the box w, the said shoulders supporting the tickets at one end, while the-other end is unsupported.v

a: are the plungers, which push down the gether with the plungers 0c, to their normal Upon the bar n are fixed arms q, carrying position.

It will be understood that as the plungers a: :c press upon the tickets the latter will fall rst at the ends which are not supported by the shoulders to2.

It is necessary that as the tickets drop into the collecting-box the position of the uppermost ticket in the said box should remain practically constant relatively with the plungers a: so. I therefore provide for gradually lowering the box as the. filling of the latter proceeds. This may be accomplished by any suitable means. In the drawings I have .represented'the said boxas being carried upon the upper ends of two standards a P, the lower ends of which are connected to sockets sliding on rods a z'. These sockets form part of IIO a frame a2, having upon a central bar a rack as, engaging with a pinion a0, designed tobe operated from the shaft?) through the medium of the pinions el .26, Wheel el, shaft z8, bevel pinion and Wheel 59, shaft ,210, Worm and Wheel a, shaft 212, and Wheel 513.

To permit of the frame .e2 being quickly raised when placing an empty box upon the standards after removing a full box, I arrange the Wheel .cl3 to be loose upon its shaft :212, and I provide it with a paWl 214, adapted to en gage with a ratchet-Wheel ,515, fixed to the said shaft, the parts being so arranged that under ordinary circumstances during feeding the motion of the shaft 212 will be communicated to the Wheel e, but that when it is desired to raise the frame .el the said Wheel ,213 can be turned upon the shaft 512, when the paWl is disengaged from the ratchet-Wheel.

I-Iaving now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that What I claim is l. In a machine for cutting cardboard and the like, the combination with the rotary cutters of guides in different horizontal planes, located in rear of the cutters for receiving the severed pieces, substantially as described.

In a machine for cutting cardboard and the like, the combination with a hopper for holding a series of strips to be severed, provided at its bottom with an aperture or recess on two opposite sides, of substantially the same vertical Width as the thickness of a single strip, a reciprocating horizontal plunger in line with said slits, adapted to enter the hopper therethrough and expel a single strip at each reci procation, the rotary cutters, and the guides in rear of the cutters located in different horizontal planes, substantially as described.

In a rotary machine for cutting cardboard and the like, the combination with a seri-cs of pairs of cutting-shears and means for carrying the cardboard severed thereby in different horizontal planes, of a hopper for receiving the strips of cardboard to be severed, a sliding plunger for pushing out the strips successively from the bottom of the said hopper and delivering them to the shears, a gatherer adapted to engage with the tickets as they pass from between the shears and to conveythem to a collecting-box and a series of plungers for pressing the tickets down into the collecting-box, substantially as described.

l. In a machine for cutting cardboard and the like, the combination With the rotary cutters, of two series of guides in rear of said cut-l ters alternating with each other and located in different horizontal planes, and a reciprocating gatherer for feeding the severed strips along said guides, toward a collecting-box, substantially as described.

5. In a machine for cutting cardboard and the like, the combination With the rotary cutters, of guides in rear of the cutters located in different horizontal planes, a reciprocating gatherer provided with a series ot hooks for engaging the severed cards on said guides, and means for raising and lowering said hooks into and out of operative position, substantially as described.

6. In a machine for cutting cardboard and the like, the combination with the rotary cutters, of guides in rear of the cutters located in different horizontal planes, a reciprocating gatherer, a collecting-box, a series of plungers for pressing the severed pieces down into said box and means for continually lowering said collecting-box, substantially as described.

7. In a machine for cutting cardboard and the like, the combination With the rotary cutters, of guides in rear of said cutters located in different horizontal planes, a gatherer for feeding the cards along said guides, a collectin g-box provided With a series of inclined bottom surfaces and a vertical partition at one end ot' each of said inclined surfaces, adapted to engage one end of a card and a series of plungers for pressing the cards down into thc collecting-box substantially as described.

JOI-IN MELTON BLACK.

lVitnesses:

JOHN E. BOUSFIELD, C. G. REDFERN. 

